ATSC President Mark Richer Announces Retirement
NAB's Lynn Claudy to succeed Richard Friedel as chairman of ATSC BOD.
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Leo MacCourtney To Serve As TVB Board Chairman
President of Katz Television Group will serve a two-year term through the end of 2020.
Felipe Luna To Direct CALA Business Development For GatesAir
New managing director for the Caribbean and Latin America region sees strong opportunities ahead.
NLE Pioneer to be Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame
A graduate of MIT, Bill Warner founded Avid Technology in 1987.
ERI Appoints John Lynch as Broadband Business Development Manager
Will work on developing transmission products for ATSC 3.0.
Senate Confirms Starks, Carr to FCC
Confirmation of Brendan Carr and Geoffrey Starks takes the agency to full strength.
CPB Names Maja Mrkoci Chief Content And Innovation Officer
She will work with local stations, content producers and national public media organizations.
Mike Tirrell Joins Myers as Chief Operating Officer
Former NBCUniversal data chief will drive company's corporate, strategic and operational initiatives forward.
AFCCE Honors Hashemzadah With Luddy Award
He is a longtime employee of the Media Bureau’s video division
Grass Valley’s Michael Cronk Receives Dual Honors from Future, IABM
Industry veteran recognized for technical achievements and industry influence.
GatesAir Hires Peter Timmons Business Development Director for EMEA, India
Timmons served as senior product manager for Grass Valley
Kevin Scott Joins Signiant In Executive Role
Industry veteran will serve as Chief Business Development Officer.
Industry Veteran Walt Wurfel Passes Away at 81
Former NAB spokesman worked as ham radio operator, journalist, press secretary and radio station owner.
Television Academy Taps Frank Scherma for Chairman, CEO
Media executive will serve two-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2019.
AIMS Announces Newly Elected 2018-19 Board
Marissa Görner of Net Insight joins four AIMS board members reelected to new one-year terms.
Joe Clayton, Industry Pioneer, Dead At 69
Four-decade career spanned color TV to satellite radio.
HPA Announces 2019 Class of Young Entertainment Professionals
Program nurtures talent to cultivate future industry leadership.
LYNX Technik AG Appoints Stefan Gnann as New CEO
Industry veteran recently managed merger between VTS and Studiotechnik.
Nexstar CEO Perry A. Sook to Receive the 2019 BFA Golden Mike Award
Station group founder to be honored at NYC fundraiser next March.
MultiDyne Appoints John Ferder Director of Engineering
30-plus-year engineering expert returns to the supplier side of the business following more than two decades with CBS.
AEQ Names Iván Olmeda as General Manager
Olmeda succeeds Rogelio de la Fuente who served as head of the company for 35 years
Patrick Griffis Elected SMPTE President
Griffis, vice president of technology in the Office of the CTO at Dolby Laboratories succeeds current SMPTE President, Matthew Goldman.